Hears How

In this episode of Hears How, we talk about suicide and its emotional aftermath. If this topic is sensitive for you, please take care of yourself — whether that means pressing pause or choosing anoth…

Laura Cathcart Robbins’ story is for anyone who has ever felt like they had to bury who they really are to be seen, loved, and accepted. She has written about her recovery in her memoir, “Stash: My L…

In May 2024, army reservist Shayne Patrick Burke was enjoying his honeymoon. He and his wife, Chloe, visited national parks, with Shayne ready to snap his camera and capture a Great Grey Owl. 

Two yea…

Welcome to another episode of Hears How! I was inspired to talk to Gwendolyn Bounds — or Wendy to her podcast friends like you and me — because I love her story. As she writes in her book, “Not Too L…

You might've seen wood artist Ike Wynter's nostalgic and inspiring work on social media. His giant rendering of a 16-pack of Crayola crayons has more than 300,000 likes on Instagram since he unveiled…

In this compelling episode of the Hear's How podcast, host Erin Jensen interviews Michelle Dowd, who shares her harrowing experience growing up in a religious, apocalyptic cult in the Angeles Nationa…

In this captivating episode, actress/singer-songwriter Jillian Shea Spaeder candidly speaks about her battle with anorexia and its impact on her mental health. If you are suffering from an eating dis…

When Paul Luu arrived to the United States all alone as teenage, Vietnamese refugee in 1979, he didn’t know any English.

"The language barrier hit me like a rock,” he says in this episode of “Hears Ho…

Season 3 of the Hears How podcast begins with the remarkable journey of Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall whose life was forever changed by an attack in Ukraine. On March 14, 2022, the British jou…

As people reflect on what changes they’d like to make ahead of the New Year, I’m so excited to present a powerful conversation with writer Sarah Levy.  In her memoir “Drinking Games,” available in pa…

Season 2 of “Hears How” debuts with the remarkable story of Jean Muenchrath, an adventurous woman who deems mountains “the joy of my life.”

Jean and her boyfriend, Ken, set out for the John Muir Trail…

It should be noted that this episode briefly discusses domestic violence and sexual abuse.

The Season 1 finale of “Hears How” offers two incredible stories about authors and foster care alumni, Justin…

Doctors estimated Ashley Hallford had about four weeks to live after diagnosing her with cancer in her jaw, an inoperable malignant brain tumor, and innumerable tumors in her lungs. They also saw spo…

Doctors estimated Ashley Hallford had about four weeks to live after diagnosing her with cancer in her jaw, an inoperable malignant brain tumor, and innumerable tumors in her lungs. They also saw spo…

Greg Kelley’s future looked promising. His dedication to football was paying off for the high school athlete and offers to play college ball rolled in. But his bright future darkened when he was wron…

Heather Martin is a survivor of the Columbine shooting. She was a senior when two other members of her class killed 12 students and one teacher at their Littleton, Colorado high school on April 20, 1…

On a September morning in 2020, Tristin Criswell left home, beginning her 8-minute commute to work.

“It's a very long, busy road, with no median most of the time,” she says of the drive that takes her…